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. find nearly here, and the countdown is on for the olympics-— for the olympics.r training gone _ for the olympics. and how has your training gone over _ for the olympics. and how has your training gone over the _ for the olympics. and how has your training gone over the last - for the olympics. and how has your training gone over the last year- for the olympics. and how has your training gone over the last year or i training gone over the last year or so? how has the delay impacted on you? has been positive, negative? that you? has been positive, negative? git first we didn't really know what to do, because as athletes, we are always in four year cycles for the olympics. then with the postponements, it's added on this extra year. we didn't stop, we just added it on — which is quite difficult mentally and physically, but we did quite well with the guidance we had in our apartments. we translated it into a little bit of a gym, but now we are quite lucky we've been able to go back to the gym and be with everyone else and train with them. is gym and be with everyone

good morning to you let's do your olympic resume you've been in three olympic games. enough to compete this last weekend, and that just stoked my fire so much i think that's what we all live to do. obviously, with covid, it was a little bit tough, you know, across the different sports. man, when you just get to jump in that pool, race everybody, it's a lot of fun. >> well, you know, you've been through -- you've had quite a journey. i know a couple years ago you battled cancer, and here you sit. and i'm looking at you and thinking how is he feeling how do you feel like you're going to be able to compete this olympics >> i feel good i mean, the extra year helped kind of smooth out some kinks that we -- that popped up from the surgeries that we had to deal with cancer i'm looking forward to trials, for sure. >> nathan, you were among the athletes at the start of the pandemic last year that urged officials to postpone it what was your take then, and are you hopeful, as far as safety is concerned this time around >> yeah. so, i mean, i just really felt strongly that, you

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you can focus on the olympics. you see my olympic rings in the background?absolutely. >> let's talk about tokyo. this will be your fourth olympics? >> uh-huh, yeah. >> going into this what are you hoping for? what are your expectations? >> yeah. i think just the honor of competing for team usa and right now really like the team usa is so incredibly difficult to just make. that's really just what i'm focused on and then to get there that's going to be a dream come true and then win some medals. >> okay. >> that's what team usa does and to be part of it would be awesome. >> always smiling. great interview there. jessica, did you hear him say 3:00 a.m. for the baby? >> so sweet. >> we hope to see him in tokyo and making team usa. we have a lot of local olympians headed to tokyo. and we are featuring all of them at our website nbc bay area.com. search tokyo olympics on our homepage. >>> up next, calling it the trash blitz. the bay area city's growing plan to tackle illegal dumping. >>> south bay investigators are working to learn more after a person is found dea

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olympic time. that's not all. she made huge splash when she won gold in the 800 freestyle race and in 2016 she won four gold and one silver medal becoming the most decorated female athlete at the 2016 games. despite her success ledecky is hungry for more competition. >> it's kind of like every day this year is now exciting in that we're getting closer and closer, and you can find of finally feel that excitement building, and you know it's happening. >> the olympic trials for swimming start june 4th in omaha, nebraska. >> new at 11:00, check out these stylish uniforms for our american athletes. they will be wearing this for the closing ceremony. of course, ralph lauren again just gave us the uniforms for the tokyo games. they are designed by the american fashion icon who has done the uniforms since 2008. they are always stylish. right. >> senate democrats are demanding their republican colleagues that they say that they will crackdown on anti-asian attacks but there's one key thing that this bill is leaving out. we

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you a bronze and then 91 days out from the olympics-— the olympics.u mention that it has been a disruptive _ the olympics. you mention that it has been a disruptive year - the olympics. you mention that it has been a disruptive year for i has been a disruptive year for olympic athletes. is that what we saw with max whitlock, the olympic chaplain who failed to qualify for the final of the pommel horse? he fell off. is that what we have seen? i have been watching the competition very closely and he did fall but i would not worry too much going into the olympics with that. mistakes happen. we are all human and obviously it wasn't his best day at the office. he was hugely disappointed with that but he will learn from that. but across—the—board, we have seen great performances. there have been lots of false also and they haven't competed properly since the 2019 world championships. it takes awhile to get back into competition for you can do all of the preparation you wanted again, but as soon as you put your arm up to thatjudge, it is a totally different b

when i had the olympic games in japan the international olympic committee is a reemphasizing one of its core principles known as rule 50 so under this rule athletes have to abstain from protesting want to spank any political gesture as while on the podium on during official ceremonies pools have recently been made to relax the rule especially in the wake of demonstrations in the u.s. and european countries but the i.o.c. still insists on the importance of neutrality. from what the majority of athletes told us and shared with us. was that most appropriate ways for athletes to express individual views were in the media in the press conferences and mix to zones and then we had least appropriate ways for athletes to express individual views having a be on the field of play opening ceremony on the podium so being an athlete retired if i think about when i was competing i wouldn't want something to distract and take away from that and that's how i still feel today well one of those advocating a revision of the fifty's sebastian coe the president of walt of classics he believes that athletes s

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today marks 100 days until the start of the tokyo summer olympics.ear late, due to the pandemic, of course, and with the stage set for athletes from around the world, there will also likely be a summer games with no shortage of setbacks. >> nbc's liz mclaughlin is in charlotte, north carolina, where olympic trials are now under way. good morning, liz. >> reporter: good morning, marcus and laura. i'm at the u.s. national whitewater center, where the canoe kayak slalom trials are happening. it's the final day of this three-day event here. we are three months in change from the opening ceremony, and it's clear the road to tokyo has been a rocky one. for past and aspiring olympians it's been an extra year of anticipation for tokyo. >> the olympics are happening. you know, it gives me goosebumps, just saying it. >> reporter: now 100 days out from the games, athletes are antsy to compete. >> all of our training has geared us for this moment, so i'm just super excited for the journey. >> reporter: gymnasts, track athletes and swimmers are preparing now for

she is an olympic winner. _ city or county level. she is an olympic winner.r. she has taken 0lympic winner. she has taken on donald trump over trans rights. surely she has shown her mettle. wouldn't it be an exciting prospect? but caitlyn jenner supported donald trump for many years. there is even an iconic and some would say disgusting photograph of caitlynjenner disgusting photograph of caitlyn jenner driving disgusting photograph of caitlynjenner driving her car in malibu with the top down, wearing her make america great cap. 0therthan wearing her make america great cap. other than winning wearing her make america great cap. 0therthan winning in wearing her make america great cap. other than winning in the olympics and starring in a reality tv show and being a good public speaker, i don't see how caitlynjenner has demonstrated the ability to get things done on a business level. she is not a respected business person or inspirational leader that can get people to do things. but can get, you know, action across party lines and things done. i don't know, i'm

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olympics if they were in darfur. what's the point of attending them in china and also, i should note, if you look at the chinese communist party daily rhetoric about the olympics, they are incredibly threatening to any country or any entity to would boycott or would not attend. and so while they are having this over the top rhetoric and threatening, we are once again capitulating and it's befuddling to me. >> john: bill, your thoughts on all of this? >> yeah, well, two things. one, do an experiment and decide who is right. play president biden talking about china. play president biden talking about georgia. interest is nor dripping contempt for georgia. more disdain for georgia than for the murderous regime in china. this is what biden has been doing for a long time. he is a classic knee jerk liberal i come from new york. i know a lot of them. he criticized texas for being than thrall. you remember the comments in virginia he said to a black audience they he want to put you back in chains. jim crow thing. jim crow on

and then, raj, when you are there for a olympics, they get quite a bit of rain during the olympic times. it will be interesting to see how that impacts everything that's happening. all right. let's bring it into our forecast as we have been talking about. we have some rain fall chances coming our way this weekend. huge departure from last weekend when we had temperatures right here records. so as we go to storm ranger, you can see in the current stand it is dry. but things again will be changing. you can see those first changes start tomorrow morning. widespread cloud cover across the bay area. it doesn't matter where you are, you will wake up with those clouds. tri valley at 48. and the overcast continues over the east bay, san francisco and the north bay tomorrow morning. let me get your better look at that. you will also see a slight chance there. a little green of spotty showers near the north bay and the coast. but no big, big rain chances tomorrow. it's mainly the clouds we'll see filter in. we will get a little bit of sunshine trying to breakthrough for the afternoon. but all in

. >>> the tokyo olympics not far away. despite assurances from the japanese government about efforts to control the pandemic, there is serious concern. as lucy craft reports, the rollout so far has not generated a lot of excitement. >> reporter: in recent months, nationwide festivities like these have been meant to drum up excitement as the summer olympics approaches. held under heavy anti-covid measures often with spectators banned, the events have served as a grim reminder of the risks facing japan as it opens its doors to tens of thousands of global athletes and personnel, said political science professor nancy snow. >> i said it looks like there is really becoming cringe-worthy. that whenever there is a ribbon cutting exercise or the announcement of the olympic torch rally, there's always som torch rally it's invisible. there are no cheering fans. >> reporter: organizers are expected to announce daily testing for athletes who won't have to quarantine. competitors will be confined to the olympic village, venues, and tra

these olympic games turning out to be perhaps one of the most challenging in olympic history. keir simmons, nbc news, london. >> all right. now to the pandemic and news of a breakthrough treatment for covid patients in the form of a pill. pfizer says this new drug could be available this year. it's an experimental oral drug to treat the symptoms at the first sign of illness, and it's now being tested on healthy people. this would be the second antiviral therapy for covid-19 joining remdesivir which is given to those with extreme symptoms. here's what the experts are saying. >> if someone comes in, they have covid, they haven't gotten vaccinated and they don't feel well, this would be given as an oral agent to keep them out of the hospital, and it would prevent hopefully getting sick with covid. >> reporter: the new treatment your best bet still is to get a vaccine. >>> child immunization campaigns are being interrupted. the united nations children's fund said that the pandemic is interrupting vaccination campaigns for males and yellors fevers, and communities around the world

olympic medalist nathan adrian is eager to get to turkey for the olympics, trying to make his fourthm team. this could be extra special, since his diagnosed with testicular kansaser in january of 2019. >> it's exciting to let your brain go that place. the olympics are happening. it gives me goose bumps by just saying it. it brings a smile to my face. so you can feel the electricity. >> we'll have a lot more with nathan tomorrow. you can watch the olympics here on nbc bay area beginning july 23rd. i was lucky enough to spend time with nathan in rio, where he won all these medals. he is the most kind, genuine, fun loving, peppy guy like that. so it's nice to know he's heading back to the olympics again. >> it really is. such a great story. so excited for our coverage, too. and, yeah, it's going to be coming up right around the corner. >> i know. >> our weather forecast back here across the bay area, looking really good here. we had some wind today in the mountains, but that is going to be calming down. we'll get you right to it. you can see for tomorrow morning, we have fog there, and

. >>> the final sprint to the olympics we are live kicking off the 100 day countdown to tokyo it's "early today" on this wednesday, april 14th. good morning, i'm phillip mena >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera >>> millions of americans are aware of the halting of the johnson & johnson vaccine. six women developed rare blood clots. 10 million doses on hold nationwide pfizer is ramping up production and says they'll be able to deliver 10% more doses by the end of may the j&j halt dealing a blow to states susan mcginnis has the latest. >> reporter: states nationwide heeding a call from the cdc and fda pausing distribution of johnson & johnson covid vaccine after evidence of a fairly rare side effect. >> they're pausing to look at it more closely. >> reporter: women 18 to 48, half a dozen of them, developed rare blood clots within weeks of receiving j&j's shot one died officials stressing that the adverse events are extremely wear and the pause is out of an abundance of caution. >> tens and tens of millions of people received vaccine with no adverse effect this is a a really rare event

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was a silver at the rio olympics which came as a surprise. that i'm so happy. it's not unusual for people to change nationality but in the world of sports it's become common practice i've also a big business so who profits who are the winners the losers. with 2 very different nation changing stories. is an expert in this field to decide for sports science degree was about athletes who don't live in new national jersey although the international judo association is a supporter of rapid naturalisation wherever they hail from judoka see themselves as a global family where everyone helps each other so much better. i applied to the cap verde islands and morocco to all i also had an offer from the rishis they all welcomed my application she ended up choosing the democratic republic of congo. and rule. if you google democratic republic of congo and go to news 90 percent of the stories are really negative and as i otherwise had no idea about the country that was an additional factors that have me worried. all you read about is the corruption all the mass graves being.

is insisting on neutrality the political neutrality of the olympic games is a way to protect athletes from political interference and exploitation one of those advocating a revision of rule 50 is sebastian coe the president of wild athletics he believes that after each should be given the right to make gestures of political protest during the games the international olympic committee's decision has already come under fire from some 20 users. and council the olympics already pretty disappointed in the lympics committee planning to punish athletes who've taken the will put a fist up in the common expressions that are connected and to restart eulogy at the take you games through you can more about promoting tolerance and the quality and to racism is a good thing in 2 races just not be punished for the i.o.c. to think again. let's cross now to chris for horace he's from on hyphenated america an organization promoting cultural cohesion and diversity chris welcome to the program and not the thing i want to ask you is that before people used to say while the olympic games as a sporting event

with just 100 days to go, japan is still struggling to hold olympic test events.ympic preparatory event. instead, it is empty. why this event has been called off is not clear. but what we do know is that, two weeks ago, seven members of the japan men's water polo team, who should have been competing here today, tested positive for covid—19. this week, as the olympic torch relay reached osaka, surging covid infections there forced the cancellation of all public events. instead, runners carried the torch around an empty park, waving to no—one. it could be a foretaste of what is to come. rupert wingfield—hayes, tokyo. the scottish green party has launched its manifesto for next month's holyrood elections. the party says it would introduce a windfall tax on large companies that have made extraordinary profits during the pandemic. the greens also want to introduce a levy forfrequent flyers, and roll out an infrastructure programme, worth £7.5 billion, which they say would create 100,000 jobs across scotland. we will invest in scotland — createjobs, revive industry, and

. >>> plus the countdown to the tokyo olympics is on. live coverage on major changes coming to the games, now just 100 days away. "today in the bay" starts right now. and it's wednesday morning, happy hump day to you. i'm marcus washington. mike has a look at the commute coming up in a bit. first we want to start out with meteorologist kari hall, with a look at that forecast for you today. kari? >> good morning. a lot of people are getting up and getting ready to head out the door. let's get a look at your commute, starting out in the east bay as we head over to pittsburg, we're going to see our temperatures in the mid-40s and it's going to be a mostly clear start. a lot of sunshine today and not expecting many problems here, those breezy winds are starting to calm down oz our temperatures today head for the upper 60s and low 70s. we'll talk about what's ahead in a warmer weekend forecast in just a few minutes. >>> mike, how is it looking for that commute around the bay area? >> well, kari, we'll take one look. i looked at the chp report

that in the olympics i'll be cheering on congo in the olympics. as so often sports is not a level playing field got a new passport in no time while this one had to wait overcome a series of hurdles. it's not felt i could have competed for longer if i'd had a german possible tele out. but i had to wait 8 years to get it. and by then i've gotten older. and in turkey it takes just one or 2 years to get the passport in my opinion the rules around family. national olympic committee could even things up but the world's biggest sports organization has refused to putting the ball in the court of the national associations switching nationalities in the sports world is a bit like table tennis the seemingly endless back and forth and for the time being each country plays by the rules which it sets itself. are you ready for some break news i'm pristine when blood on the eyes i do my country with a brand new day wus africa this show was the issues shaping the concert hall with more time to off on in-depth still talk to all of the transfer of the talk to you wh

how the olympic gold medal swimmer is preparing for tokyo. that story and much more coming up. >> he's a great guy. >>> that will do it for us. up next lester holt. we'll see you at 6:00. >> bye-bye. >>> tonight, the former officer who fatally shot daunte wright charged with second-degree manslaughter the officer arrested a day after resigning from the force her former chief saying she mistakenly fired her gun instead of her taser, killing wright the outrage. some saying the charge isn't enough as the minnesota city braces for a potential fourth night of unrest >>> derek chauvin's defense calling their own medical expert, who did not examine george floyd's body and says floyd did not die from asphyxiation. the role he says police car fumes may have played and how prosecutors pushed back >>> the pause on johnson & johnson's covid vaccine staying in place after a cdc panel held an emergency meeting on rare blood clots late today the critical vote delayed and worries among those who've gotten the shot >>> president biden announcing a full u.s. w

and the former olympic swimmer setting a new high—altitude record in the mountain ranges of south americalcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we're starting in india, where the healthcare system is collapsing under the pressure of a surging second coronavirus wave with hospitals full, patients left untreated for hours and supplies of oxygen desperately inadequate. it now has more daily cases than anywhere else since the pandemic began, and it's set a global record for two days running — in the past 2a hours, it's seen 330,000 new cases. 0ur delhi correspondent yogita limaye got access to the emergency ward of one hospital. her report contains distressing scenes from the start. the front line — an emergency room in a covid hospital, just about standing under the weight of an unfolding disaster. a patient who's hardly breathing is brought in. as nurses try to get him to respond, there's another person, even more critical. this woman rushes to help. so many like her are putting in all they can. they couldn't revive him. to get past the shortage of beds, they've packed

>> after the london olympics i thought in my heart, okay, that's it.ith a really good thing. i think if di and sue weren't playing i definitely wouldn't do it, but i think an opportunity to be around them one more time, it was really hard for me to say anything other than yes. >> one, two, three. >> usa >> she drills the three. sue bird >> reporter: the rio results were the same for team usa as they had been for the past five games. >> and as they close it out here in rio, the united states women's olympic basketball team showing perfection six straight olympic gold medals. >> reporter: tokyo will bring in a new coach, one that will take bird's olympic journey full circle, dawn staley, the woman she first backed up will now coach the team. >> there's just an intensity about her, a focus about her she doesn't take crap from anybody. i is that true in her as a player and you can see it as a coach. >> reporter: tokyo will likely be bird's last olympics, one last chance to see one of the sport's best a woman whose gifts to the game fly well above simple st

olympic rings at the top of mount it to cairo west of the japanese capital while the international olympic committee says the games will go ahead despite fears about the pandemic the i.o.c. says it has taken measures such as banning international spectators to prevent a surge in infections and to avoid the games being cancelled as they were last year . at the swimming and diving venue the high tech starting blocks for the tokyo games and the starting gun stand idle as though they were paused after the on your marks set bit of a starter's commands but 100 days out as the so-called test events continued to iron out possible wrinkles and event organization it appears the olympics are back on line. with a. pandemic precaution will be a priority and only domestic fans will be permitted to attend now but there will be competition. and i think he killed the 2 that he must know that having discussions know so personally as much as possible i want the athletes to really feel that we're prepared to host these olympic games in japan and look at that he's going to go to all these discussions here have

olympic trials ramp up.ay's" cierra johnson joins us live with more. >> reporter: good morning, laura and marcus. nathan graduated from cal in 2012. his first olympic games in 2008 before he graduated when he won gold in the team event. he's gone on to win four more gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the olympics. the games will look a little different this year but that doesn't seem to be phasing adrian. take a listen. >> it will be different and adjustment but it's still a 15-year cool and we get our hand at the wall first, you're going to be all right. >> reporter: and the olympics not the only thing that's been exciting in adrian's life. him and his wife welcomed their first child back in february so a lot of excitement there. as we get closer to the olympics, the trials are taking place right now, charlotte, north carolina, is where the kayak olympic trials are playing out so we'll keep our eyes on that as well as other local athletes hoping to make their olympic teams. we're live in marin county

a few minutes we talked about the summer olympics beginning in tokyo in july and the winter olympicsl be a few months later in beijing. >> two olympic games in a matter of seven months. recently the 2022 beijing olympics have become the center of a developing story. here's nbc's janney mackey fryar in china with the details. >> the u.s. state department has denied it's consulting with allies about a joint boycott of the 2022 beijing olympics. >> our position on the 2022 olympics has not changed. we have not discussed and are not discussing any joint boycott wallis and partners. >> reporter: however, there are growing calls for the u.s. and other countries to back out of the games because of concerns of human rights violations in china. there was some confusion yesterday over a comment by a state department spokesperson that was quickly clarified saying that the u.s. is often consulting on issues of interest and this is one of them. the olympics has come under scrutiny because of the oppression of uighurs, policies that president biden has ventured to label genocide. chinese officials

that in the olympics i'll be cheering on congo in the olympics. as so often sports is not a level playing field this athlete got a new passport in no time while this one had to wait overcome a series of hurdles. it's not felt i could have competed for longer if i'd had a german possible tele out become the hype because i had to wait 8 years to get it . and by then i'd gotten older i thought prospect call and the tourney and in turkey it takes you just one or 2 years to get the passports in my opinion the rules around the fact. the international olympic committee could even things up but the world's biggest sports organization has refused to putting the ball in the court of the national associations switching nationalities in the sports world is a bit like table tennis the seemingly endless back and forth and for the time being each country plays by the rules which it sets itself. really thinking capitalism themselves in thanks to creative myself because of the company's success depended on people it's along to one single person. not the entreprene

she's one of the most accomplished basketball players of all-time with four olympic gold medals, fourrmous talent was clear >> i do remember the first college recruitment letter i got, i just finished my sixth grade year and i got it from duke and i was just super excited. looking back i think that was a big moment for me because i was like wait a minute i could go to college for this >> reporter: bird landed at the university of connecticut in 1998 her college coach was the legendary -- >> you know it starts and ends with the coach when i think about like the framework of who i am as a player it's because of him >> bird pulls up, it's good. two-on-one, bird pull up shot, superb with a three. sue bird >> reporter: equipped with his education bird rose through the professional and national team ranks. >> sue bird drops in the jumper. >> reporter: she and fellow husky and olympian diana taurasi even inspired their college coach to take one more shot at the olympics >> after the london olympic i really did in my heartfelt like okay that's it, i don't really need to do this anymore. why m

olympic committee says the games will go ahead despite fears about the pandemic the i.o.c. says it has taken measures such as banning international spectators to prevent a certain infections and to avoid the games from being cancelled as they were last year but more than 70 percent of japan's citizens want the olympics to either be delayed or called off completely. at the swimming and diving venue the high tech starting blocks for the tokyo games and the starting gun stand idle as though they were paused after the on your marks set bit of a starter's commands but 100 days out as the so-called test events continue to iron out possible wrinkles and event organization it appears the olympics are back on line. that. pandemic precaution will be a priority and only domestic fans will be permitted to attend now but there will be competition. you know and i think killed each of the arguments and they're having discussions now so personally as much as possible i want the athletes to really feel that we're prepared to host these olympic games in japan i'm. going to go with him becaus

i expressed my determination to realize the olympics and para olympic games as a symbol of mobile community this summer and president biden expressed his support, he said. what kind of symbol the olympics will be if japan is unable to protect its citizens. selena wang, cnn, tokyo. >>> and next on "cnn news room." growing calls to help body cam footage released of a shooting in north carolina. why the family may soon get their wish. leep number? because a good night's rest is where muscles recover,r, and our minds are restored. introducing the new sleep number 360 smart bed. the only bed that effortlessly adjusts to both of you. proven quality sleep, is life-changing sleep. >>> well, the family of a black man shot and killed by deputies last week in north carolina may have a chance to watch the body cam footage on monday. that's what their attorney tells cnn. few details have been released in the shooting of 42-year-old andrew brown jr. wednesday in elizabeth city. the sheriff's department said deputies were trying to serve him with an arrest warrant at the time. seven deputies have been pla

the goals of the olympic charter which are against any kind of discrimination. still ahead and learning news from india whether spain a shocking spike in coronavirus case or is this story adds more stuff to the plague . in his annual address to the nation russian president vladimir putin reminded his citizens and the world in fact russia has red lines when it comes to foreign policy interests and those red lines need to be taken seriously and there lays the problem the west refuses to acknowledge russia as its own national. welcome back the pandemic situation in india has taken a shop change for the was with more than 300000 new cases registered for the 2nd day in a row a warning you may find the following images disturbing the sun has also led to a rise in victims but the country's death toll now at more than 180000 permits or iams us that's be working around the clock overwhelmed with the influx of bodies' hospitals are raising the alarm over oxygen shortages and a lack of. well meanwhile vaccine make a fine as it was warned of a growth in short fraud finding

well it's now just $100.00 days until the summer olympic games in tokyo which were postponed from last year due to the pandemic host nation japan itself a ceremony to mark the countdown with organizers unveiling the olympic rings at the top of mt to cairo west of tokyo the international olympic committee says the games will go ahead despite concerns about the cone of virus and says it has taken measures such as banning international spectators to prevent any surge in infections organizers are also keen to proceed despite calls to postpone the global event yet again. at the swimming and diving venue the high tech starting blocks for the tokyo games and the starting gun stand idle as though they were paused after the on your marks set bit of a starter's commands but 100 days out as the so-called test events continued to iron out possible wrinkles and event organization it appears the olympics are back on line. that. pandemic precaution will be a priority and only domestic fans will be permitted to attend now but there will be competition. and i think you'll get to that you must know that

the goals of the olympic charter which are against any kind of discrimination. still ahead as awning news from india whether it's made a shocking spike in covering the virus cases this story and small off to the break . the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person and those with. their dares thinks. we dare to ask. some certainly that china disagrees with america's foreign policy or the child disagrees with america's domestic policies that china disagrees america's monetary policy they don't want all that money printing so few things are going to happen number one it's a hash war or a global race to procure as many as possible now on the geo political level china is leading the way this is the sputnik moment for a big point american answer that this race car can be left behind. welcome back the pandemic situation in india has taken a shop change for the worse with more than 300000 new cases registered for the 2nd day in a row a warning he may find the following images to say. the search has also led to a rise in victims of the country's death toll now wit

organizers unveiled the olympic rings at the top of. west of the japanese capital today the international olympic committee says the games will go ahead despite fears surrounding the pandemic the i.o.c. says it has taken measures such as banning international spectators to prevent a surgeon infections and to avoid the games being cancelled as they were last year . at the swimming and diving venue the high tech starting blocks for the tokyo games and the starting gun stand idle as though they were paused after the on your marks set bit of a starter's commands but 100 days out as the so called test events continue to iron out possible wrinkles an event organization it appears the olympics are back on line. that. pandemic precaution will be a priority and only domestic fans will be permitted to attend now but there will be competition. you know nothing he killed each year that he must have been having discussions now so personally as much as possible i want the athletes to really feel that we're prepared to host these olympic games in japa

she only resstarted her olympic training last year.ur reporter for swimswam news. i spoke to her a little earlier to get her reaction to the qualification. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. let's just pause for a second because i just want to show our viewers the moment of the win. we can see the joy and the emotion because this is such a hugely significant moment, obviously for her, but it seems to represents a little bit more for the country as well, and she's kind of clenching herfist and then the tears come as she realises the huge significance of what she's done. wonderful photos. and i want to get your reaction. you were watching that. what was your reaction when you saw it? it was utter amazement. i mean, shejust returned to racing, herfirst official race back was august of last year. and here we are about seven months later and she qualified for the olympic games. she was targeting paris, this 20—year—old said, so the fact that she's way ahead of schedule and her body and her mind has persevered is